Officer Strike's adventures part 1

[Officer Strike 152]

Equestria, filled with new ponies everyday coming from everywhere and new people to meet from every corner. That was life in Equestrian and especially Pony Ville where many ponies called home. Pony Ville was a place with the most recognised places which included the Carousel Boutique where Lightning Strike, a young teenage pony had a sister who would usually have classes there every Thursday in sewing and crafting and Rarity used to teach her and Lightning Strike had moved in only just 2 years ago and was still learning new things about the place.

Lightning Strike, she had messy and ruffled up knotty hair because she never really paid attention to it either because she wanted to start writing a story that came to her as quick as the flash of lightning or maybe because she would get angry that fast or maybe because she was one of the most fastest ponies in Pony Ville. She was also quite strong but could get very irritated and was care free. She was quite smart and intelligent in many ways and more creative than ever, for example she knew facts that even her own mother did not know but it was hard for her to concentrate and she got bored in one small lesson. Lightning Strike was a very strange pony.

Lightning Strike’s main ambition was to become a royal guard and she could. She had heard that ponies as young as 12 had joined the royal guard to help out the royal guard and become Junior Officers and learning combat skills and guarding some scenes and stopping evil in Equestria from a young age. She imagined the uniform that she would wear as she loved to look smart and practical and hated looking all pretty.

As the sun rose up over Pony Ville Lightning Strike groaned as she stirred in her bedroom. Her bedroom was full of things got to do with the royal guard as well as her love for video games and there were models all over the place. Her wall was full of graffiti showing her style and care freeness.

“……….Time to get up mares!” cried Lightning Strike’s mum and Lightning Strike groaned and turned around. She was used to waking up late because she did not have anything to do on Monday Mornings but perhaps do a little learning because she was taught and she had taught herself and her sister, Stylish Mare grunted.

“Coming………” they both chorused and then Lightning Strike flew off her bed at that instant and the table rattled inside her bedroom. Stylish Mare raced down the stairs and Lightning Strike checked the time. It was 10:30. It was a little earlier than usual and then Lightning Strike asked her mum why.

“Mum why did you wake us up early man?” she asked and her mum turned around and there was a sly look on her face as she handed the mare’s their breakfast, Lightning Strike sat down on the floor and then ate up and then Stylish Mare heard that the sewing classes with Rarity had been changed to Mondays instead of Thursdays.

“Oh cool……….” Stylish Mare said and then started talking to her mum about what she did and what projects she had and her mum discussed it with her. Lightning Strike hated the sewing class. She was told off by Rarity and got so agitated that she left. She was not good with a sewing needle at all.

Styling, hair making and that sort of thing was not Lightning Strike’s talents. Lightning Strike preferred being out on her skateboard or writing stories and drawing pictures and designing things. She liked to show case her things and liked gaming as well. Besides she was a Pegasus and Stylish Mare was a unicorn so it must have been easier for her to sew as well.

“Strike, I have some news. I signed you up to the royal guard and your first training and shift is today. Tell me how it went. Now hurry up and get your new uniform on!” cried her mum and Lightning Strike grinned.

“Cool!” she yelled and immediately whizzed upstairs with her wings and saw that in her room, there was new royal guard armour. A gleaming yellow helmet with a blue plume and her very own spear and there was also her armour. She was so happy and fitted it on her head. The armour was quite heavy.

“……..Thanks mum. I’ll be off then!” yelled Lightning Strike and she immediately buzzed her wings and zoomed off into Pony Ville and she looked at the address. So all the new Junior Officers were supposed to be at Canterlot Castle and she smiled as she race off.

She finally flew down and looked around slowly and then saw Captain Shining Armour, the Captain of the Royal Guard standing right there and her mouth gaped open. She did not know where to go and Captain Shining Armour came forward.

“Oh…….hello…….let me check your name………you must be Officer Strike yes?” asked Captain Shining Armour. His helmet was on but he was not wearing his armour. His horn sticking out and his blue light hair gleaming and Lightning Strike nodded.

“Yes sir……….” She said saluting and stiffening her body.

“That is good, we are going to practice that and you had better get practicing young royal guard for you will have lots of work to do this week!” cried Captain Shining Armour and Officer Strike nodded and held her spear tight and flew into the courtyard looking around eagerly and then Captain Shining Armour came forward.

“Salute and line up!” he roared and Officer Strike immediately raced to her spot with the young junior officers stand there and they had their arms up. She was pretty good at this and Captain Shining Armour could see it.

“Welcome to the royal guard academy! This is where all royal guards trained and it was created a long time before any of you were born. My name is Captain Shining Armour and I am the Captain of the Royal Guard and your coach and trainer!” he said in a loud and clear voice.

“Yes sir!” chorused the royal guard and Officer Strike held her spear grinning at herself. She was going to be taught fighting skills here although there was going to be a lot of fitness training that would drain her out, she could get used to it.

“Right, no introducing here, if you are confident, you’re confident and if you are not you are not. Who are we? We are the royal guard and you shall learn the royal guard promise today and we shall be doing some basic training!” yelled Captain Shining Armour. Officer Strike saluted him. She felt her golden armour weighing her down and her hair was plastered to her forehead but she remained straight and still.

“You have an opportunity, not much people as young as you are allowed to join the Royal Guard because the spaces are full. Our duty is to protect the Princess and you shall be going to training every Thursdays and Fridays and then be on shift for 4 hours and your day offs would be on the weekends and for the rest of the day after that although you are allowed to work more but you are paid for the 4 hours shifts. You are going to be paid 40 coins a month which you can use to buy your new books for studies and supplies and armour polish and then of course the rest can be used to buy whatever you want for hearts content!” yelled Captain Shining Armour and Officer Strike nodded as the Officers around her saluted Captain Shining Armour.

“Right let us get started!” yelled Captain Shining Armour.

“It is important to salute the Princess! Princess Celestia is a very brave Princess and has done so much. In return you will have a great responsibility on your shoulders as you will guard the village and the castle for her! Do you understand?” asked Captain Shining Armour.

“Yes sir!” cried Officer Strike and she knew that she had to attend everyday unless she was sick or had to go somewhere else like an event. Officer Strike knew that she was going to try and become the best Officer ever in the royal guard and who knows? One day lead it.

“On your feet now and let’s get started! Stretches now! Push ups give me 10!” yelled Captain Shining Armour and Officer Strike found herself on the floor doing press ups and grinding her teeth. She gritted her teeth as she had not been going out much lately and then continued. Trying her hardest as 10 push ups was not a problem for her. The armour weighed her down and she could feel the pressure.

“Up now and great! Run around 4 times!” yelled Captain Shining Armour and Officer Strike saw that the courtyard was quite big. She breathed and then raced around galloping with her hooves as Captain Shining Armour urged them all on and to drive their hooves up. She listened and gritted her teeth as she finally panted and stopped.

“How do you all feel?” asked Captain Shining Armour.

“Warm!” yelled the Officers as they were certainly warm. Officer Strike could see that they themselves were tired and that she knew she was going to have to do more than this and so Captain Shining Armour let them all have some water.

Officer Strike went over to have some water and sipped a little and immediately it burst her energy and refreshed her for some more. She was not going to get beaten down this easily and she was not going to make herself hopeless as a royal guard. She was going to try her best as Officer Strike. She looked down at her golden armour and smiled. She was an Official Royal Guard now.

“Right, now today we are going to be doing our salute and how we hold our spear and stop someone if they try to get passed a place that they are not allowed. Remember you do not hurt anyone with this spear and only defend? Do you understand? Only defend! Having a spear is a great responsibility and I have given you each training spears which you shall use in your shift. They are the same as any spear but are easier to wield? Got it?” asked Captain Shining Armour.

“Yes sir!” roared Officer Strike louder than ever and took a moment to look around the courtyard. It was her kind of place and she liked witnessing the water falls and it could give her a story idea.

“Right in your places and lets start. Stand straight and proud and stop slacking away. It is bad for your shoulders. Got it? Right now stand straight and put your hand up and immediately salute. It is harder than it looks………..” Captain Shining Armour said.

Officer Strike straightened up her hoof and at that moment she tried to stand as straight as she could and her back hurt but she did and then relaxed her shoulders. She had to do this more often as her body was always tense and then saluted just as everyone else did.

“Yes sir!” they cried.

“Louder!” he yelled at them encouraging them. Captain Shining Armour was very good with younger guards as he treated them with respect, and if they did anything wrong he taught them how to do it.

“Yes sir!” Officer Strike said at the top of her voice and gritted her teeth as the armour was slowly hurting her hooves and then Captain Shining Armour made them do it again and again and Officer Strike tried her best but she was completely worn out.

“Right, practice this where ever you are! Saluting is important! Very important!” yelled Captain Shining Armour and Officer Strike nodded and remembered doing this as soon as she got home after training.

“When you are around you should be a model citizen! Make lots of friends and be polite. I know that everybody has mishaps over here but just try and try to be confident but not over confident and not to aggressive either. When you are not in training you can still help out after your shift you want as you are a royal guard and you will be recognised as one……..” Officer Strike loved the way Captain Shining Armour gave the respect to her.

“Yes sir!” yelled the young guards.

“Now at ease!” he said quite calmly but loudly and Officer Strike nodded.

“Salute!” he yelled and Officer Strike stiffened again and then when he said at ease she relaxed and the usual rhythm continued and finally Captain Shining Armour looked at the time.

“Right Royal Guard line up!” he yelled and Officer Strike had already got the message that she had to line up and then lined up. Captain Shining Armour walked in the middle of the young officers.

“We shall be doing spear practice now. Take your spear in the hand you are comfortable with and then imagine that someone came across you and you did not want them in a certain place. Hold the spear from the bottom and cross it against your chest and the sharp bit must not touch you. Understand?” yelled Captain Shining Armour and Officer Strike nodded.

“Yes sir!” they all cried and Officer Strike practiced with her spear and crossed it forward in front of her and then back and got some compliments which made her happy and to try and try harder as well.

“Practice that and you’ll be on your way to basic combat skills in no time at all!” cried Captain Shining Armour as Officer Strike tried her best and kept on crossing the spear over her and then Captain Shining Armour nodded.

“Now we are running short of time everybody so Officer’s get together and lets all do the royal guard promise. Do you all understand? Have I made it quite clear? Good!” he said and then Officer Strike saw Captain Shining Armour hold his hoof up.

“I promise to do my best, to do my duty to the Princess and Equestria! To help other ponies and to keep the royal guard officers law………..!” he yelled and then Officer Strike said it out loud and clearly.

“Well done! You have all took your promises and if you attend three training sessions you will earn the blue star officer badge and that you are officially joined!” cried Captain Shining Armour.

“Yes sir!” cried Officer Strike and then Captain Shining Armour smiled.

“Good, all good. You shall be all given the information on what you need to buy and what books you will need to buy because when you come to training we will be doing study of the history of the royal guard and writing essays on Friday and on Thursday we shall be doing fitness and combat…………” Captain Shining Armour said and then looked at Officer Strike.

“Welcome to the royal guard, just try your best. Every royal guard tries their best and they have weaknesses and they have abilities as well. We can try and help you improve on them!” said Captain Shining Armour.

“Yes sir!” cried Officer Strike happily and Captain Shining Armour dismissed her and being a guard allowed her to explore some of the castle which was another opportunity and Officer Strike was in the mood to do so. She held her spear and walked very slowly and looked around keeping her eyes peeled like a guard and explored the courtyards as the other royal guard ended training and then Officer Strike looked around and saw some Senior Officer’s in their golden helmets and smiled.

“…….Wow……..” she thought. This was it! She was going to start her shift tomorrow in the morning but she had to buy her books and she was quite excited and then was walking around and exploring when suddenly someone came in front of her.

Officer Strike looked up and immediately saluted the pony in front of her submitting her respect to Princess Celestia. She would probably never argue with this Princess and Princess Celestia looked down and Officer Strike’s heart was beating.

“Good morning Princess……..” she said politely smiling and Princess Celestia smiled.

“Why hello there young guard and what is your name?” asked Princess Celestia.

“Officer Strike Princess Celestia, my name is Lightning Strike. It’s a pleasure to meet you………and I am going to try my best to become a great and good royal guard……..” Officer Strike said and Princess Celestia smiled.

“Well I do hope that you will and that is very sweet of you and I hope you live up to the royal guard code of conduct and that you will always stay a Junior Officer. It is good to have Junior Officers around because they make a good example. Warn us of anything and prevent bullying……..well that is good and it is nice to meet you Officer Strike……” Princess Celestia said looking down and smiling.

Officer Strike nodded as she respected the Princess dearly and narrowed her eyes and held her spear and since she was dismissed off training she decided to go and go back home to her sister and her family and get money for her books as fast as she could.

Energetic Officer Strike flew up into the air racing away as fast as she could and holding her spear over Pony Ville and the Pony Ville citizens looked up and saw a blur of blue and gold and wondered what that mystic blur was and were confused and baffled.

“Did you see that?” asked Twilight Sparkle with her baby dragon Spike on her back and Spike nodded. Never had he seen such a thing before in Pony Ville and Twilight Sparkle shrugged and then turned and decided to canter off to have some fun with her friends and then study and Spike knew that it was going to be study much more.

Officer Strike knocked on her door and Stylish Mare opened it. Rarity was there with Stylish Mare as they were finishing the sewing lesson and Stylish Mare had a beautiful piece of artwork with her and she opened it. Rarity was waiting there. Rarity did not really know Officer Strike and so she came forward.

“So this is your sister. Officer Strike I presume?” asked Rarity looking up curiously. Rarity was not much older than Officer Strike but she acted like a lady at heart and Officer Strike nodded and came forward to shake hooves with Rarity.

“A pleasure to meet you Miss Rarity and my sister has told me all about you and what a good sewing teacher you are. That is right my name is Officer Strike. An Officer in the Royal Guard but you can call me Lightning Strike……” Officer Strike said smiling as she was happy with her new job.

“Yes, the family are so proud to have a royal guard in the family. The royal guard has a long history and I am really proud of you Strike!” cried Styling Mare as the little pony came forward and hugged Officer Strike and Officer Strike looked down.

“Thanks little sis hey you should join when you are my age. Big like me. But I think you are destined for do artwork and designing. I just really have a lot of royal guard work to do. Captain Shining Armour wants be to buy some books…..” Officer Strike said looking down at Styling Mare and Styling Mare nodded.

“Captain Shining Armour is the Captain of the Royal Guard Strike. You have to be very polite in front of him and stop getting angry to easily as well…..” Styling Mare said before she turned around and Officer Strike smiled and looked at Rarity.

“Little sisters, I heard Sweetie Belle likes to play with Styling Mare huh? Got to go you know I have a lot business to get on with. As an Officer of the Royal Guard I have a 4 hour shift tomorrow……..” Officer Strike said nodding.

“That is great. You know come and pop by my shop sometime if you want to have a makeover or anything………” Rarity said smiling and Officer Strike nodded hoping that she would not have to go and headed straight for her room and looked at the list that Captain Shining Armour had given her.

“The books that I will need to buy for the study at the royal guard academy on Fridays are the History Of the Royal Guard. The Power of Friendship and for now I will need the Beginners of the Royal Guard…….cool……” Officer Strike said keeping her armour on as she fitted her helmet back on her yellow and blue wild hair and looked at her training spear and began to practice with it.

She practiced the salute and how to do it properly as she knew that as a royal guard she would have to learn to submit to others that were higher than her as she straightened her back and then relaxed herself. She held her spear and practiced the drills that Captain Shining Armour had given her and made sure that she stuck properly to his routines as she began doing hoof ups in her room and her strong hooves went up and down as sweat poured down her mane and her wings were all ruffled.

“That is enough. Right I need to go and get my books from the book shop…..” she said sticking to her priorities and wondered where the nearest book shop was. She held onto her spear and flew right off into the air with her blue wings which spread out wide. She loved flying as she raced across the skies of Pony Ville.

She could see the whole of Equestria from up there and she wondered when her shift would start tomorrow as she was in her golden glittering armour and she had her spear clutched to her hoof.

She spotted the book shop of Pony Ville in the corner. It was a neat red and there were lots of ponies queuing up for books and Officer Strike thought that maybe they were other Junior Officers. She kept the list in her mind and then headed straight for the book shop in her armour.

“Wow what a queue…….” She murmured as she was zooming high and then zoomed right down and behind the long queue. She spotted a pony that had wings and was an alicorn and realised that was Princess Twilight Sparkle as she kept her helmet on her and waited. She spotted one of the other young officers.

“Oh hey there, saw you at training. Beware Captain Shining Armour is going to give you a lot to do so you had better be prepared. My name is Jumping Jacks. Please to meet you!” cried the officer that was in front of her and Officer Strike smiled.

“Thanks. My name is Lightning Strike. So we are really excited to join the royal guard right? So now you are starting your shift tomorrow. Is that not cool?” asked Officer Strike and Jumping Jacks nodded.

“Yes 4 hours guarding the village in the mornings I suppose and then around Canterlot Castle. Captain Shining Armour is not as tough on us but he can still be tough. We are in the military now and we have to toughen up……” muttered Jumping Jacks looking sadly at the ground.

Jumping Jacks was a unicorn and Officer Strike looked at her. She had a shabby red mane and had a grey body. Her cutie mark was of a pony jumping up high so Officer Strike thought that Jumping Jacks must have been really good at jumping up high.

“How high can you jump?” asked Officer Strike looking curiously at Jumping Jacks.

“Me? Oh I can jump quite high. It was why I was signed up for the Junior Officers because I could jump really high and they need ponies who are good at that…..” Jumping Jacks said proudly and Officer Strike smiled.

“Well it is a pleasure to meet you” she said and Jumping Jacks nodded.

The queue was quite long and Officer Strike decided to practice straightening herself and saluting and then wielding her spear and blocking. She knew that Captain Shining Armour wanted her to do so.

Finally the customer line had grown shorter and soon it was Jumping Jacks turn. She had a whole list of books to buy and muttered something and then told the shop keeper what she wanted.

“Starting your first days as royal guard officers? Is that not great? It is good that younger ponies like you are allowed to spot dangers and make a good example!” cried the shop keeper looking at them brightly and Jumping Jacks smiled as the pile of tottered text books landed in her hooves.

“Wow all of this study on Fridays…….damn…..” murmured Jumping Jacks as she turned around and Officer Strike waved and then turned around. Her heart was thumping. How much study would she have to do?

“There’s all your books and that will be 20 coins please……” the book shopkeeper said and Officer Strike nodded fumbling for her 20 coins and then handing them to the shopkeeper and she turned away and decided that she had to go and study immediately.

She headed back home and it was baking and she decided that she had to take the armour off as she took off her armour and went up to her room and looked out of the window. Her dreams had finally come true. She was a royal guard.

“Oh there you are Lightning Strike!” cried her mum as the unicorn hugged Officer Strike and Officer Strike smiled. She loved her mum and loved the fact that her mum was proud of her.

“I have so much to tell you about mum but I have to go and study quick…..” Officer Strike said turning around and flying up the stairs and into her room. Instantly she tipped her brown satchel on her bed and the heavy text books came out.

She was looking at Power of Friendship and she wondered why Captain Shining Armour had put that in her studies. She had heard about the elements of harmony and the Mane 6 but she guessed that it could come in handy.

However Officer Strike was interested in the book called Beginners of the Royal Guard and the book had a royal guard helmet on it. She opened up the books and began reading through it and that was when her eyes widened and she grew interested.

The beginners guide to the royal guard

The royal guard is an honour and now you have become part of it. The royal guard means commitment and that you will obey your elders regardless. However if you do not understand anything you shall ask them for help because that is what they are there for.

When you begin training as a royal guard your wages will be a small but fair amount for you to buy new armour at the end of the year and the books that you will need for training on Fridays at the royal guard academy. The rest of the week you will be on shift for only 4 hours in the morning and will be responsible for reporting any disturbing activity.

As a Junior Officer we expect you to……

-          Come to training regardless- unless sick and then will need to be compromised

-          Study hard and rank up through the Junior Officers.

-          Train hard throughout the week

-          Spot dangers such as hazards in the village and Canterlot Castle

-          Learn to fight with a beginners spear

-          Help out in the community

We do expect a lot from you Junior Officers. When you are old enough you will become a Senior Officer and you shall continue or have a choice to leave the royal guard ranks. However once you have joined the Junior Officers you cannot leave.

Why do I have to learn to fight?

We don’t expect you going into war or having massive fights. We expect you to learn to defend yourself and make sure that you are a threat towards enemies. We want to build you up and strengthen you but you must not use any fighting skills outside of royal guard training against any pony or you shall be expelled from the academy and your job.

Officer Strike stopped reading and began scribbling notes on her parchment. She could hear her mum washing the dishes downstairs and her sister Styling Mare doing some art and crafts and she continued reading.

Officer Strike was an avid reader and could learn from a book so she browsed and skimmed through all of the books again and again reading the instructions on what to do if there is an emergency and how to defend yourself if you are attacked and learning survival skills and Officer Strike smiled.

She finished reading the History Of the Royal Guard and the Beginners handbook but she was too tired to read the Power Of Friendship as she shifted the books aside and looked at her spear propped in the corner.

“I am not going to have any training this whole week because they expect me to train myself. Ok Officer Strike get ready and push yourself to the limits!” she cried to herself as she came down and her wings were beating and she put herself down as she began doing as much push ups as she could.

Her muscles had to grow strong as she put on her full armour and began doing it and the armour was weighing her down horribly and she was sweating and she had managed to punch almost thirty push ups in. She then started doing Jumping Jacks and jogging on the spot and doing as much as she could.

Finally she fell onto the floor and her mane came in her face. She looked at her helmet and then she managed to remove it and she took off her chest plate and sighed and then headed over towards her desk and took some water from the bottle before she put it right back down.

For that whole time in her room she spent trying to find out as much as she could about the royal guard and so she practiced with her spear in her room and thrusted it forward and backwards yielding it and learning the moves from the Beginners Handbook and she straightened herself.

Then she bellowed.

“Sir Yes Sir!” she roared and she hoped her sister had not heard her and laughed to herself and then continued. She practiced stiffening her body and imagining that Captain Shining Armour was in front of her.

“At ease!” she roared at herself and her body relaxed. She knew that she had to be at ease when told to be at ease and had to be ready when told to be ready. Junior Officers would learn what military life was but in a safer environment but anything could happen and Officer Strike was ready for that.

After hours of jogging and training and reading through her books the young Pegasus finally stopped and she looked at her wings that were itching to flap. In the royal guard she was not allowed to fly unless Captain Shining Armour wanted her to but she knew that she had to build her wing power. She was quite a fast flyer but her goal was to beat Rainbow Dash.

She looked around her room. The banner of the royal guard hung up there was shining more than usual in the sunlight and Officer Strike smiled. She ruffled her scruffy yellow and blue hair as it fell onto her face and she finally slumped onto her bed drinking as much water as she could and she was exhausted.

“I think that is enough training……” she muttered before getting back up again and itching go for a fly and so she sped off towards the door. She needed to exercise herself as she was a Junior Officer of the royal guard after all.

She sped out and felt her blue wings free as the air tried to blow her away she fought it and spotted Rainbow Dash in the distance. Rainbow Dash was one of the fastest ponies in Equestria. Officer Strike spotted her but Rainbow Dash did not spot her and Rainbow Dash was heading in for her famous Sonic Rainbow Boom move.

Officer Strike watched her and lowered herself as suddenly Rainbow Dash whizzed past her and Officer Strike neighed bucking up suddenly as she was quite shocked. Rainbow Dash never in her life had gone this fast before.

“Wow…..” Officer Strike thought.

Rainbow Dash’s messy hair waved in the sunlight as she was pure showing off and Officer Strike could see that. Officer Strike was not the kind of person to show off and she grew very jealous of some people and hated being teased and she had a short temper but she was calmer at the moment as she ruffled her wings for a fly.

Rainbow Dash came down laughing.

“What happened to you Losing Tike? You look like you have been through like so much hours of training. Oh wait I forgot. You are a Junior Officer in the royal guard!” cried Rainbow Dash and Officer Strike smiled.

“Pretty cool right?” asked Officer Strike.

“Pretty cool if it were not you Officer Tike! Hey are you planning to race me because I have not got all day you know!” cried Rainbow Dash and Officer Strike grinned and ruffled up her hair as she flew into the clear blue sky.

“Ok bring it on…..” Officer Strike felt her determination arise in her. Officer Strike had always been determined and quite courageous with many things although she would even start shivering at some things she was not going to let Rainbow Dash break her down.

Rainbow Dash stuck her tongue out at Officer Strike and anger burned inside Officer Strike like a lightning bolt as suddenly her body was buzzing up full of sparks and Rainbow Dash looked at her and Officer Strike looked at her.

“On your marks, get set…….go!” yelled Rainbow Dash and that word echoed inside Officer Strike’s head but the anger which was surging through her suddenly burst out and lightning bolted out of Officer Strike’s flank where her cutie mark was and Rainbow Dash whizzed off.

The battle between lightning and rainbows continued as the citizens of Pony Ville all looked up and wondered what was happening as suddenly Rainbow Dash came soaring down losing her balance and then up.

Officer Strike felt her heart beating so fast and she continued flying as fast as she could and flapped so much that her wings were frizzled and as the bolt went right up Rainbow Dash whizzed right past her and towards the finish line and she was laughing.

“Now whose part of the royal guard?” sneered Rainbow Dash and Officer Strike could not keep herself from wailing out but she breathed. If she was to be an Officer in the royal guard she had to calm down and though she was very sensitive and jumped to conclusions and took things very personally she breathed.

“You have some speed. However the royal guard is not all about speed it is also about pacing yourself and guarding the place. Time is important as well and respect for others including your rivals. Dash I think you would make a good member!” cried Officer Strike winking at Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow Dash scratched her head.

“Are you feeling alright?” asked Rainbow Dash and Officer Strike grinned.

“Better than alright Dashie, better than alright……” she said and could not hold her laughter at Rainbow Dash’s confused expression and Rainbow Dash shrugged and decided that she was better off just practicing.

Officer Strike flew around for a while looking around Pony Ville and seeing if she could find anything interesting. She knew that she was allowed to work shifts even if she was not paid for it in her spare time as she whizzed off and came back with her armour and spear on.

She flew around for a while before coming right down onto the ground and started patrolling and looked around. She had read enough of the handbook to understand what she had to do as she waited for the hours to tick by and for it to get dark.

She spotted something going on and narrowed her eyes holding her training spear just in case there was going to be an attack and there was a little filly in the distance and she was crying and crying. Officer Strike spotted the school that the filly’s had erupted from and the filly was on the floor sobbing.

Officer Strike very slowly approached the little filly. The little filly had a massive red bow on her head and she had pink hair and her lips were quivering and she looked up at Officer Strike for a minute. Officer Strike searched for her cutie mark but the little filly did not have a cutie mark.

“Blank Flank……” muttered Officer Strike for a minute and then she came forward and looked at the filly and the filly stood up immediately back tracking and could clearly see that Officer Strike was a royal guard.

“….I didn’t do anything wrong!” she cried immediately bashing into a tree and clutching her mane and then she wiped her tears and Officer Strike smiled.

“I know you didn’t. But it’s getting dark and you shouldn’t be out here and soon every pony will be asleep and you look like you need to get to sleep. What is your name little one?” asked Officer Strike.

“Apple Bloom…..” the little pony said quietly and Officer Strike nodded.

“I know you. You are that pony from Sweet Apple Acres……what are you doing out here? Are you lost? Do you want me to help you to find your house?” asked Officer Strike and Apple Bloom nodded.

“Apple Jack was supposed to pick me up but she didn’t come. I guess she had to do some work on the farm but then……….I got pushed over and run over by a couple of stupid ponies down there………” Apple Bloom said pointing her hoof towards two ponies who were laughing and sniggering and Officer Strike narrowed her eyes.

“I’ll keep an eye on them ok? Now come on let’s get you home….” Muttered Officer Strike taking Apple Bloom by the hoof and leading her out of the school until she finally reached the farm house and knocked on the door and a pony that was orange with a Stetson hat and wild blonde hair in a plait opened the door.

“Apple Bloom……oh I forgot…….” Apple Jack said putting her hoof to her mouth and Officer Strike could see the expression on her face and Apple Bloom smiled and hugged her sister.

“Thanks so much…I mean this was all a misunderstanding and you are an Officer?” asked Apple Jack and Officer Strike nodded proudly and Apple Jack smiled.

“You weren’t on shift were ya? I knew. There are lots of officers around the place at the moment and they have been guarding the whole place and practicing of course……..for tomorrow. It’s good the village does have guards…….I am Apple Jack!” cried the farm gal and Officer Strike shook hooves.

“A pleasure to meet you but I have to get going maa’m……” Officer Strike said waving and then turning and heading back towards her house as she flapped up and sped off as the sunset began and the whole of Pony Ville stood out and remembered that Princess Luna was now going to be in their dreams.

Officer Strike heard her mum shout and she woke herself up immediately getting changed into her golden armour and getting ready for her shift. She would have to report to Canterlot Castle right away.

“Hurry up Strike! Come and have breakfast!” yelled her mum from downstairs and her sister started bashing her door and Officer Strike opened up her the door fully changed and in full armour even though she had not even washed her face yet.

“Chill Styling I am coming!” Officer Strike shouted back frustrated as she straightened up her hair under her helmet and polished her plume and got her things ready and her satchel over her and then galloped downstairs.